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New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015    ::  Film Screenings

Special Promotions and Events:Jimmy John’s of New Brunswick will be providing free food prior to all of the New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015 Screenings!All films shown that are part ... read more about  New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015    ::  Film Screenings

Be Now - Graham Atkins-Hughes (London, England)A gripping short film that plays out in a young woman’s mind. As the present moment jumbles with fragments of what happened the night ... read more about  New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015    ::  Film Screenings

Catching Up - Bill Crossland (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)A physically disabled high school teacher seeks assistance from his cynical friend after falling in love with an able-bodied co-worker. A funny and dramatic ... read more about  New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015    ::  Film Screenings

Stream: Explore The Unseen - Roman De Giuli (Nuremberg, Germany)A stunningly beautiful experimental film that reveals colorful particles which are invisible to the naked eye. Let your mind float and ... read more about  New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015    ::  Film Screenings

Matterspacetime - Kiira Benzing (Ridgewood, New Jersey) Bodies pulse and blur dimensions as they connect space and time. Rhythms of Nature take over the form. Organic sound crosses in and out ... read more about  New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015    ::  Film Screenings

Archie’s Betty - Gerald Peary (Cambridge, Massachusetts)In this compelling new documentary film, a devoted fan searches for the real-life people behind the characters in Archie Comics, the influential comic strip ... read more about  New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015    ::  Film Screenings

Jersey Fresh: Films by New Jersey Filmmakers – Part 1Weed - Stephen Kaiser-Pendergrast (Stockholm, New Jersey)While spending the weekend with his estranged son, a man who can sense the thoughts ... read more about  New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015    ::  Film Screenings

Best of the 2015 New Jersey International Film Festival – Part 1UHF -David Ellis (Plymouth, Massachusetts)With its textured, edgy tempo, UHF takes us to a convergence point where analog and ... read more about  New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean Migration Crisis    ::  Speakers and Conferences

Part I: Alexander Library Teleconference Room, SCC 4039:30am-11:30am: Histories, Causes, and Contexts of the Current CrisisPart II: Alexander Library Teleconference Room, SCC 4031:00pm-3:00pm: Contemporary TrajectoriesPart III: Hageman Hall, New Brunswick ... read more about  Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean Migration Crisis

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015    ::  Film Screenings

Best of the 2015 New Jersey International Film Festival – Part 2The Cat's Cradle - David Spaltro (New York, New York) Jim and Amy are a young couple attempting to ... read more about  New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015    ::  Film Screenings

Best of the 2015 New Jersey International Film Festival – Part 3Soap - Christopher Brown (London, England) When Sami breaks into a house, he is interrupted by Sophia, the owner ... read more about  New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

EAST JERUSALEM WEST JERUSALEM (Israel, Documentary)    ::  Film Screenings

EAST JERUSALEM WEST JERUSALEM (Israel, 2014, 80 minutes) English, and Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles Directors: Erez Miller and Henrique Cymerman Legendary Israeli singer/guitarist David Broza journeys to East Jerusalem to ... read more about  EAST JERUSALEM WEST JERUSALEM (Israel, Documentary)

THEODORE BIKEL: IN THE SHOES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM (USA, Documentary)    ::  Film Screenings

USA, 2014, 75 minutes Portraits of Sholom Aleichem and Theodore Bikel are interwoven to create an enchanting documentary that highlights what these beloved Jewish icons had in common: wit, wisdom, and ... read more about  THEODORE BIKEL: IN THE SHOES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM (USA, Documentary)

APPLES FROM THE DESERT (Israel, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

APPLES FROM THE DESERT (Israel, 2014, 94 minutes) Hebrew with English subtitles • Directors: Arik Lubetzky and Matti Harari In a film adaptation of the award-winning Israeli play, rebellious teenager Rebecca ... read more about  APPLES FROM THE DESERT (Israel, Drama)

PHOENIX (Germany, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

Germany, 2014, 98 minutes German with English subtitles • Director: Christian Petzold Auschwitz survivor Nelly, barely recovered from surgery to restore her badly injured face, returns to Berlin in 1945. Against the ... read more about  PHOENIX (Germany, Drama)

TO LIFE (Germany, Drama; preceded by THE TRAIN)    ::  Film Screenings

TO LIFE: (France, German, Switzerland, 2014, 93 minutes)German with English Subtitles; Director: Uwe JansonFate has taken its toll on the aging cabaret singer Ruth. Her accidental meeting with the young ... read more about  TO LIFE (Germany, Drama; preceded by THE TRAIN)

THE FAREWELL PARTY (Germany/Israel, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

Germany, Israel, 2014, 93 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles; Directors: Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit Nominated for 14 Israeli Academy Awards, this film takes on a serious subject and treats it with ... read more about  THE FAREWELL PARTY (Germany/Israel, Drama)

ROSENWALD (USA, Documentary)    ::  Film Screenings

USA, 2014, 90 minutes English • Director: Aviva Kempner Julius Rosenwald may have been the greatest philanthropist you’ve never heard of. The son of an immigrant peddler, he overcame his humble origins ... read more about  ROSENWALD (USA, Documentary)

APPLES FROM THE DESERT (Israel, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

APPLES FROM THE DESERT (Israel, 2014, 94 minutes) Hebrew with English subtitles • Directors: Arik Lubetzky and Matti Harari In a film adaptation of the award-winning Israeli play, rebellious teenager Rebecca ... read more about  APPLES FROM THE DESERT (Israel, Drama)

ROCK IN THE RED ZONE (Israel, Documentary)    ::  Film Screenings

English and Hebrew with English subtitles • Director: Laura Bialis For the past eight years, the southern Israeli town of Sderot has endured almost daily attacks by Qassam rockets launched from ... read more about  ROCK IN THE RED ZONE (Israel, Documentary)

A BORROWED IDENTITY (Israel, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

Israel, 2014, 104 minutes Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles • Director: Eran Riklis Eyad, a Palestinian-Israeli teenager who wins a scholarship to an elite Jerusalem boarding school, is an outsider struggling ... read more about  A BORROWED IDENTITY (Israel, Drama)

BULGARIAN RHAPSODY (Bulgaria/Israel, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

Bulgaria/Israel, 2014, 108 minutes Bulgarian, German, Ladino with English subtitles • Director: Ivan Nitchev Set in Bulgaria during the summer of 1943, this touching story of adolescence and first love explores Bulgaria’s ... read more about  BULGARIAN RHAPSODY (Bulgaria/Israel, Drama)

RAISE THE ROOF (USA, Documentary)    ::  Film Screenings

USA, 2015, 85 minutes English and Polish with English subtitles; Directors: Yari and Cary Wolinsky Fascinated by the magnificent lost wooden synagogues of Poland, Boston-based artists Rick and Laura Brown mastermind an ... read more about  RAISE THE ROOF (USA, Documentary)

THE FAREWELL PARTY (Germany/Israel, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

Germany, Israel, 2014, 93 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles; Directors: Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit Nominated for 14 Israeli Academy Awards, this film takes on a serious subject and treats it with ... read more about  THE FAREWELL PARTY (Germany/Israel, Drama)

BULGARIAN RHAPSODY (Bulgaria/Israel, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

Bulgaria/Israel, 2014, 108 minutes Bulgarian, German, Ladino with English subtitles • Director: Ivan Nitchev Set in Bulgaria during the summer of 1943, this touching story of adolescence and first love explores Bulgaria’s ... read more about  BULGARIAN RHAPSODY (Bulgaria/Israel, Drama)

A BORROWED IDENTITY (Israel, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

Israel, 2014, 104 minutes Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles • Director: Eran Riklis Eyad, a Palestinian-Israeli teenager who wins a scholarship to an elite Jerusalem boarding school, is an outsider struggling ... read more about  A BORROWED IDENTITY (Israel, Drama)

TO LIFE (Germany, Drama; preceded by THE TRAIN)    ::  Film Screenings

TO LIFE: (France, German, Switzerland, 2014, 93 minutes)German with English Subtitles; Director: Uwe JansonFate has taken its toll on the aging cabaret singer Ruth. Her accidental meeting with the young ... read more about  TO LIFE (Germany, Drama; preceded by THE TRAIN)

DOUGH (Hungary/U.K., Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

Hungary/U.K., 2015, 94 minutes English • Director: John Goldschmidt Faced with a dwindling clientele and the pressures of encroaching big box stores, Jewish baker Nat Dayan enlists the aid of Ayyash, a ... read more about  DOUGH (Hungary/U.K., Drama)

DOUGH (Hungary/U.K., Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

Hungary/U.K., 2015, 94 minutes English • Director: John Goldschmidt Faced with a dwindling clientele and the pressures of encroaching big box stores, Jewish baker Nat Dayan enlists the aid of Ayyash, a ... read more about  DOUGH (Hungary/U.K., Drama)

PHOENIX (Germany, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

Germany, 2014, 98 minutes German with English subtitles • Director: Christian Petzold Auschwitz survivor Nelly, barely recovered from surgery to restore her badly injured face, returns to Berlin in 1945. Against the ... read more about  PHOENIX (Germany, Drama)

THE ZIONIST IDEA (USA, Documentary)    ::  Film Screenings

USA, 2015, 160 minutes English, and Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles Directors: Oren Rudavsky and Joseph Dorman The Zionist Idea is a feature-length exploration of the one of the most influential, controversial, ... read more about  THE ZIONIST IDEA (USA, Documentary)

THEODORE BIKEL: IN THE SHOES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM (USA, Documentary)    ::  Film Screenings

USA, 2014, 75 minutes English • Director: John Lollos Portraits of Sholom Aleichem and Theodore Bikel are interwoven to create an enchanting documentary that highlights what these beloved Jewish icons had in ... read more about  THEODORE BIKEL: IN THE SHOES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM (USA, Documentary)

APPLES FROM THE DESERT (Israel, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

APPLES FROM THE DESERT (Israel, 2014, 94 minutes) Hebrew with English subtitles • Directors: Arik Lubetzky and Matti Harari In a film adaptation of the award-winning Israeli play, rebellious teenager Rebecca ... read more about  APPLES FROM THE DESERT (Israel, Drama)

THE LAST MENTSCH (France/Germany/Switzerland, Drama)    ::  Film Screenings

France, Germany, Switzerland, 2014, 93 minutes English, and German, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Hungarian with English subtitlesDirector: Pierre-Henry Salfati Born Menachem Teitelbaum, Marcus escaped Auschwitz, only to reject his Jewish past. He so ... read more about  THE LAST MENTSCH (France/Germany/Switzerland, Drama)

RAISE THE ROOF (USA, Documentary)    ::  Film Screenings

USA, 2015, 85 minutes English and Polish with English subtitles; Directors: Yari and Cary Wolinsky Fascinated by the magnificent lost wooden synagogues of Poland, Boston-based artists Rick and Laura Brown mastermind an ... read more about  RAISE THE ROOF (USA, Documentary)

RAISE THE ROOF (USA, Documentary)    ::  Film Screenings

USA, 2015, 85 minutes English and Polish with English subtitles; Directors: Yari and Cary Wolinsky Fascinated by the magnificent lost wooden synagogues of Poland, Boston-based artists Rick and Laura Brown mastermind an ... read more about  RAISE THE ROOF (USA, Documentary)